Panama City vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Panama City	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1316	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3171	$2103
🏠 One person rent	$709	$389
🏘️ Family rent	$1291	$788
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$78	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$901	$733
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	42	82
😀 Quality of life	67	66
🏙️ Population	881K	5.38M

The cost of living in Panama City is 62% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4138th and 6353rd ($1316 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Panama and Russia, respectively. Check Panama vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 0.9 months in Saint Petersburg. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 3926th and 4239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Saint Petersburg

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	Panama City	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$6.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.8	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.97	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.35	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.75	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$836	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1703	$1068
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$89.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$5.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.97%	11.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2399	$3262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1457	$1917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$36.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$6.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.63	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.98	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.43	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.7	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$32.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.85	$4.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.6	$21.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$8.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.9	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$408	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9581	$6504

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1189
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1171
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1182
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$917
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1157
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$940
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$980
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$961
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$624
329 km or 204 mi	David	$789
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$633
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1147
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$536
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$877
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$649
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1009
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1169
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1040
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$582
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$778
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1163
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$867
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$812
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$851
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$780
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$1024
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$639
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$661
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$727
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1114
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$639
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$705
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$552
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$655
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$567
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$551
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$493
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$1220

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$814
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$906
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1121
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1358
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1366
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1349
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1376
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1218
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$920
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1330
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1277
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$461
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1163
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1396
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1491
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1089
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1632
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1736
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1403
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1498
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$532
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1825
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1194
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1499
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1291
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1907
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1464
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1335
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$909
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1317
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1257
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1414
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1475
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1363
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$982
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1438